Adventures of Pip
Fair · Action · 2015
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 4.9h 8h to 100%
- Value
- $2.04/hr
- Reviews
- 87% of 277 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.99 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Play as the ultimate digital underdog in the Adventures of Pip,an action-platformer with a fresh gameplay twist inside a retro 32-bit world. Alas, Pip is an unlikely 1-pixel hero yet has the unique ability to absorb the pixels of his defeated enemies to evolve into three different forms.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel video graphics card 2000/3000 256MB, 553 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
81 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 7 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 75 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 90 percent. Among the games that feel like it, La-Mulana 2 ($24.99, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats La-Mulana ($14.99, scores 58).
More about Adventures of Pip
Steam's global achievement data puts about 20 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 4.9-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 4.9 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
80% start to 20% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
What players say
A fun little 2D platformer that doesn't take itself too seriously. It's nothing particularly special, but if you're in the mood for that kind of game this will scratch the itch. My only real complaint is that getting enough money to buy all of the upgrades requires going through the same levels multiple times to grind, but that's not strictly necessary and only really an issue if you're going for 100% completion.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I played this forever ago when it came out on the Wii U. This is a very good indie 2D platformer. The main mechanic -- switching between 1 bit, 8 bit, and 16 bit -- is a well done mechanic. Each bit stage has its own advantages and disadvantages for platforming, so you will be constantly switching to a different variant of Pip to overcome whatever obstacles in your way. A part of me wishes the level design didn't...
Too much stuff that are bad. Can't turn off music fully off. Some mechanics are not great. Not comfortable controls and not being able to change them in any way. Sometimes it feels like my controls are not controlling my character. But cool concept anyway.
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Adventures of Pip scores 59/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/303550/adventures-of-pipReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.